In grade school I played clarinet in the school band for 2 years. In high school I was "strongly encouraged" by mom to take piano lessons. I took about a years worth of lessons. My brother had been playing drums for about 5 years and help me purchase my 1st bass guitar in high school. We formed a band that lasted about a year - in our first gig we placed 2nd out of 8 bands at a "battle of the bands" I've gotta tell ya - there is no kind of rush like the first time you step up in front of a large crowd and play live musics. Later, I bought a guitar but never really had the time to develop much with it. Bass is definitely my favorite instrument and I've got about 3 years of playing without any formal training. Unfortunately I haven't been able to really pick it up for about 10 years now.

My newest "instrument" should be arriving next week as I ordered Guitar Hero for the PS/2 with 2 guitars. It should be fun.

I've been playing Piano for about 4 months now, already I'm very good at it. It takes a while to first learn a song, but after 30-60 minutes of practicing I can get a song right. I practice slowly and a few times rather than quickly many times over, because sheet music is so hard to read off the bat. I think I play differently than other people because I 'feel' the music. I can feel the waverings of the sound waves in my inner ear and I use that to time the beat, and eventually, I practice a song without looking at anything. Thinking "Okay, this is a D, then a G, then C.." just messes me up.

In other words, I teach my fingers where the next keys are, then play it practically unconsciously.

I have been playing percussion insturments for 10 years now, i.e. since I was 8. Mainly just play drum set. Had a rock band together with my friends for a while, but no longer. I have a Ludwig set with Zildjian cymbals.

Hi there, i playing Keyboard, Guitar and bass and mix all of it with a powerbook. I also bought a tenor-saxophone but i cant find a teacher around here (i am living in a small town in germany) Also from my last trip to indonesia i brought a chinese instrument with me, called Guzheng. A nice instrument. Its compareable to a zither and has 21 strings (pentatonic) and you can bend them a little bit. Well.. i hope i wil be able to do some practice soon.. but i fear i will just play oblivion

Baritone B.C. also known as Euphonium look it up if you have no clue what I'm talking about. I'm in an eighth grade band and we play a lot of stuff. We did the pirates of the Carribean symphonic suite and I play a little guitar.

A man after my own heart, although I have gone on to do the two companionships after eighth grade.I started on the Euphonium, but now can play pretty much any brass instrument. I also play a little piano.